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that makes it appear plump and round. Throat encircled with a white col- 

 lar above a black collar; face black; forehead and under parts white; rest 

 of plumage brownish gray. Length of bird about 7. 



278. iEgialitis nivosa Cass. Snowy plover. Common migrant. 



Description: A bird about the same size as No. 274 above, but with 

 longer bill, black; black spot on chest, one just above the ear, and a black 

 patch across the front of crown; face and under parts white; upper parts 

 and crown pale buffy gray. Length of bird about 7. 



Family Aphrizid^: Surf Birds and Turnstones. 

 Genus Arenaria. 



283. Arenaria morinella Linn. Ruddy turnstone. Migratory in fall and 



spring; seen in July near the islands off the coast. 



Description: Head variously streaked; back coarsely mottled with black 

 and rufous; black band across the chest; rest of plumage white. Length 

 of bird 9. 



284, Arenaria melanocephala Vig. Black turnstone. Very common in mi- 



gration, also breeding in the region (?). I have seen these birds 

 on the Pacific islands off the coast in July; I have also seen hun- 

 dreds of them in the vicinity of Protection island, in the Strait of 

 Fuca, in August. They are very common all along the strait at 

 that time of year. 



Description: White spot in front of eye; spotted on sides and forehead 

 with white; chest, neck, throat and all of head but crown black; back and 

 crown of head black, washed with a greenish bronzy gloss; rest of plumage 

 white. Length of bird 9. 



Family H^matopodid^: Oyster-catchers. 

 Genus Hsematopus, 

 287. Hsematopus bachmani Aud. Black oyster-catcher. An abundant 

 resident; also a migrant. It nests on the islands of both the strait 

 and Pacific coast throughout the region. 



Tatoosh island group. 10; Fuca's Pillar group, 20; Father and Son, 4; 

 Flattery Rocks proper, 12; Carrol islet, 10; Wishaloolth, 10; Jagged islet, 8; 

 Cape Johnson group, 14; Doh-odaaluh, 14; Cake Rock, 6; Quillayute Needles, 

 8; Giants' Graveyard, 16; Round islet, 4; Alexander island, 16; North Rock, 

 8; Destruction island, 16; Willoughbv Rock, 4; Split Rock, 6; Grenville Pil- 

 lar, 4; Grenville Arch, 2; Erin and Erin's Bride, 2 each; on the islands and 

 headlands of the Strait of Fuca, 100. Total number, 294. 



This is a bird of some 17 inches in length, or a little larger than a com- 

 mon pigeon. It has a straight, flattened, chisel-shaped, long red bill. Its 

 plumage is blackish, ranging from bluish black on head to brownish black 

 on body. Its food is principally sea mollusks and crustaceans. 



Land Birds. 



Order GALLING: Grouse, Quail, Turkeys, Pheasants, Etc. 



Family Tetraonid^ : Grouse, Partridges, Quails, etc. 



Genus Bonasa. 



303c. Bonasa umbellus sibini Dougl. Oregon Ruffled grouse. Common 



resident. 



Length 18 inches. Upper parts black to reddish rusty brown; tail deep 

 rujty brown; under parts marked heavily with blackish, washed with buffy 

 brown. 



